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From: NewRyan
Date: Sat May 7 17:52:33 MST 2005 Subject: The Mugging

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I got mugged. Really. For those of you who haven’t heard, this last Tuesday I was out walking in the park next to my house and 4 guys in bandanas asked me for $ and then punched me in the face, broke my glasses, etc. Interestingly, I was talking on the phone to my brother and on my way to this spot in the park that I like to go and sit alone and talk with God. The guys actually came at me from the spot I was going to. I don’t want to read too much into it, but this seems like more than coincidence.

For the last few weeks I’ve started to fight back against the Enemy and his lies. I’ve believed some pretty devastating lies for a long time now. That I don’t have anything to offer, that’s God’s constantly disappointed with me, that maybe someday I’ll have what it takes to follow God, but surely not right now, that I’m flawed unable to have relationship with people…deep stuff not even usually conscious.

One of the ways I’ve been fighting back is by going through Ephesians and declaring what is true about me. It has been really powerful, combined with help from people like Eric and others who have been speaking into my life, in addition to a healthy dose of telling the darkness to screw off- I can sometimes literally feel the spiritual fog clear.

So today I thought it would be fun to write out what I’ve been reading from Ephesians and I wanted to share the results with you guys. Writing these things down and putting them in my own words was really powerful. You know that feeling of wanting to cry because God is so good and amazing? Ya, that one.

I am holy and blameless in the sight of God. (Eph 1:4) I have been adopted into God’s family as one of His son’s. God always intended to make me his son; he did it with pleasure, not because He was obligated to. (Eph 1:5) I belong to God. (Eph 1:14) I who was once dead, living apart from God and how he lives, am now alive with Jesus. (Eph 2:1-5) I have been sculpted by God, formed in unique and specific ways to bring life and goodness into the universe- this is what God has been inviting me into all along! Which means I don’t have to fear about missing out on what God is doing, I just have to be myself.

Jesus himself is my peace. (Eph 2:14) Through Him I have direct access to The One who conceived and brought life to us all. (Eph 2:18) Because of this, I who was once without a family and a homeland now am a citizen of God’s kingdom. I have all the rights and obligations that come from living under his rule. And I’m not just a citizen of God’s rule (which would be enough), I’m actually part of His household, a member of His family. I sit and eat at his table and sleep in His house. (Eph 2:19) And all of us, who are supported by Jesus and those who have gone before us, are being cemented together to form the place in which God Himself dwells! (Eph 2:22)

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From: clrclady
Date: Sun May 8 13:40:56 MST 2005 Subject: Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for sharing all that you have been learing about yourself. Ephesians is powerful. I will pray for more digging inspite of Satan's attacks against you.

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